$100 million fund launched to boost liquidity on Bahrain Bourse

Bahrain Liquidity Fund is vested with capital and shares to ease trading on local market

Managed by SICO and seeded by leading market stakeholders

Manama, 15 June 2016: Investors in the Bahrain Bourse are expected to see greater liquidity in future after a new fund was launched today with the aim of enhancing the market’s depth.

The Bahrain Liquidity Fund is supported by a number of market participants and has been vested with $100m of assets in cash and shares. The fund will act as a market maker, providing two way quotes on most of the listed stocks with a reasonable spread to allow the investors to actively trade their stocks.